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I remember as a 15 year old in school sitting in art class discussing this with fellow classmates. The teacher admitted she had transgender and gay friends. All the students thought she was weird and the whole concept was disgusting. The teacher however was shocked and thought we were ignorant and out of touch. In todays world as far as primary school they are teaching year 2s gender studies and about societies need to accept it. The muslim kids parents arent having it hence the protests and pulling kids out of school. My opinion is to let kids be kids. You bring up your kids the way you see fit. Children shouldnt be politicized but it may be necessary to explain to them the madness going on. Yes theyve always been in society. Its just now you must "tolerate" or be "tolerant". I hate that word. Might as well say put up with lol. Live and let live But you must explain to Sally why Scott can leave school in July and return in September to be known as Stacey. Good luck to all you parents. Maybe parents are afraid of the influence on their own kids. Really and truly the concern is about your own kids. Also we knew there were gay kids in school as far back as year 8. I sat next to one. The threat of suspension to anyone caught bullying is enough to buck your ideas up. So a long absence and return to school meant the parents werent messing about neither was the school. Majority didnt come out till they were in sixth form. Same with transgenders in order to avoid the bullying as most of the trouble makers didnt stay on for sixth form and had left.

@Payco the standard pads and discs good enough for fast paced driving? I found the standard pads used to fade under heavy braking compared to the 350. Im not so sure on the standard pads.

You should probably go for aftermarket pads and grooved discs. The standard stuff isn't that great and fades. Not enough "bite" for me. Im sure someone will be along shortly to confirm. I dont think they are any different. Just that the Nismo has braided lines.

Police can override those rules im sure..

A whole lot of resources on traffic and not much on hit and runs, petty crime and robbery. Sad state of affairs when they close your case.

Nice

with 6000 people pre ordering I wonder if theyll give the greenlight and make the coupe slightly more powerful with at least 200 mile range. It might send the price up. There are rumours the price will be £32000. Its a bit steep for this. When you look at the alternatives Id be interested in a 4 seater 2 door coupe version with 200 mile range.

classic "flanders". I have one of those. But to be fair hes a decent guy. He tyried to catch me when I bought the Zs. Always ccoming out. It took him 2 months to catch meon the 370z lool Best response so far was probably get on the blower pretend youre taking important calls lol

its a nice idea i saw something advertised online about this. But aside from the maintenance of a petrol engine with carburettors wouldnt you want to keep the original character of the car. The noise, the smell, the smoke? This may be the only way to keep your classics futureproof i guess.

Is that similar to the Honda Civic project that was done on youtube few months ago. Adding electric hubs to the rear wheels

You should have just revived my thread from page 2. 125 Mile range im not so sure. I think the final price is yet to be decided. Cant see it being cheap though...Apparently theres been 25,000 registered interest in EU. 6000 in UK. Hopefully it does well so they can give us the EV Coupe

May be a paint job for you. Pearlescent or Solid Red.

The red mark one Ive seen on YouTube was in Europe. Are you sure they are here? Its usually white and black here in UK. That red one had colour coded bumpers looked good.

Yea ive driven e92 m3 and my mates 4 series. Been in Mercedes coupes and Audis. I wanted a Type R when I was younger but never got round to it. So when I got the 350z and 370z i felt those were the cars I had more connection with. With the BMW I can go anywhere and park anywhere and it wouldn't attract too much attention even if it had an M performance kit. The Z however id be worried going to certain places or parking in certain areas with it haha. But you get that feel good factor knowing the only person whos got one lives miles away and doesnt daily his.

Daily, I only drive 3 miles to work and might drive out at lunch times. So 12 miles a day and the odd extra 6 miles to the gym. Sounds daunting! lol. Cars are made to be driven. But I might get a little Clio or Yaris on the side as you never know how much itll be worth one day.

yeah the M2 is lighter by like 70-80KG and a different chassis although using N55 engine. Possibly 375 on the dyno. I saw a drag race between the two its literally level. Around the corners the M2 would make headway. I think the 240I has been dialled back a bit. A small remap can take the 240I to 390HP

No auto on any of the nismos in UK

Yeah I agree, depends if youre happy to blend in or get something different.

I'm considering both and I like the idea of extra seats and decided M2 was a bit steep for me. Besides the 240i has the B58 engine with a bit more torque and theres not much in it in a straight line between M2 and 240!. I also like the Mk1 Nismo as Ive had the mark 2 before, fancy looking at the older nismo without the Recaros which were the main selling point in the mk2. After seeing R13ards one at Ace Cafe I thought maybe. The MK1 will obviously drink more but will be rarer and the BMW I would get in Auto even though Im more of a manual driver. I did read some issues with infotainment system. But other than that pretty reliable. Not sure now lol. Both are around £20,000 to £25,000 roughly for 16/17 BMW and 14 plates Nismo respectively. 369 ft/lbs/335 HP BMW 240I - 4.5 secs Auto 270ft/lbs/344HP 370Z Nismo (Manual only) 5.2 secs

Once youre done can get the V6. These can be mapped to 260HP? I think they are already 250HP 3.2.

Give it 12 months even after avoiding potholes something would have worn out on the car unless its relatively new. London roads are terrible. WHats the depreciation like on the renaults?

Damn you really live remotely. Then again probably better roads though.

my brother had one for 7 years in showrooom condition. Traded it in for the E class coupe and now the 911. He still speaks highly of it. I remember him leaving a GTi tailgater and the stunned look on their faces. Cool car indeed

Scirocco R killed in 2017. With the Golf R no point really. Yeah you wont get the same buzz in those cars. Just straight line performance A to B. Megane would be lighter and similar engine used in the Alpine. 1.8 4 banger. Closer in performance to the Hyundai.

LOL @Ekona Nice modern list though! I would recommend a CRZ. BUt I feel the step down in power and quality might be too depressing to comprehend. A 4 seater coupe thats somewhat reliable may be better like a 2 Series coupe (235/240i) under warranty?. Cant think of anything atm. Still early